Uhuru Kenyatta vs Jimi Wanjigi: Permanent rift or just severe turbulence?

President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) and businessman Jimi Wanjigi (R)

The current rift between businessman Jimi Wanjigi and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration is, to those aware of their longstanding ties, a cause for great concern.

This is because the Wanjigis and the Kenyattas are part of a group of families whose tight association goes back at least one generation or 40 years back.